[Vwdiesel] New Headgasket and Headbolt Issues

[Stephen Kraus]

Got a question: Anyone have the part number for the ARP studs?

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Stephen Kraus <ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Doesn't have the oil cooler yet. Wanted to get it running and clean before
> I added the accessories
>
> Also, I will check but there are no cracks (at least visible from the deck)
> and the only damage that was done was threads stripping out. Also, since
> they are the 11mm non-stretch bolts....I don't now, we shall see, I think
> the headgasket may have just been weakened by the lack of one headbolt
> (which I did not know about the cracked headbolt before I went to do the
> final torque). Also: It wasn't leaking coolant into the oil UNTIL I tried to
> re-torque the last bolt...so that points to weakness in the headgaset due to
> bolt....I hope.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Kurt Nolte <syncronized_turbo at yahoo.co.uk
> > wrote:
>
>> Oil cooler leaking on an 11mm headbolt diesel? I thought the coolers
>> weren't standard until the turbodiesels?
>>
>> -Kurt
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: LBaird119 at aol.com
>> Date: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 3:08 pm
>> Subject: [Vwdiesel] New Headgasket and Headbolt Issues
>> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/26/2010 10:43:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>> ub3ratl4sf00 at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> > Any recommendations on what else I should do? I really wanted to finish
>> > this, but the coolant in the oil seals the need to re-do the head
>> gasket.
>> >
>>
>>  Could be the oil cooler leaking!  ;-D
>>     Loren
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